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New <br />KCI <br />News <br />Assignments <br />Out & About <br />Briefs <br />3 | Winter 2023 <br />Clearwater, FL <br />The City of <br />Clearwater has <br />contracted with <br />KCI to conduct <br />a recyclables <br />composition <br />study on their <br />single stream recyclables collected <br />by the city. The results of the study <br />will be used to calculate the average <br />market value of the city’s recyclables <br />in their recyclables processing <br />contract. To gain a complete picture <br />of the city’s recycling program KCI is <br />also partnering with The Recycling <br />Partnership to measure the composition <br />of the city’s waste stream at the same <br />time as the recycling stream. This will <br />allow KCI to calculate the capture rate <br />of recyclables to evaluate how effective <br />the program is at removing recyclables <br />from the waste stream. <br />Mitch Kessler attended SWANA WasteCon & BOD <br />meetings in Boston September 26-29. <br />In November, Miriam Zimms attended the Florida Recycles Day event held by <br />the FDEP and FRP at the University of South Florida’s Patel College of Global <br />Sustainability, Tampa, FL. <br />Miriam Zimms has been invited to serve on the National Organization for Arts in <br />Health (NOAH) Board for 2024-2027 term. Miriam is an award-winning artist and <br />advocate for Arts in Health in FL and the country. Miriam has always been considered <br />an out of the box thinker by many of our clients and the award-winning environmental <br />programs she has developed over the years with them. Congrats! <br />Randy Rudd has been selected by the US Composting <br />Council to present at the upcoming COMPOST 2024 <br />conference February 6-9 in Daytona Beach, FL. Randy <br />will be co-presenting “The State of Organics Recycling <br />in Florida & the Florida Organics Recycling Center for Excellence (FORCE)” with <br />Lauren O’Connor from the Waste Registration & Recycling Program at FDEP. For <br />more information and registration visit https://compostconference.com/. <br />KCI and FORCE <br />organics staff <br />have been <br />participating in the <br />FL Composting <br />Council’s (FLCC) <br />62-709 Rule work group and sub- <br />groups. Staff members provided a <br />technical memorandum with feedback <br />and comments on the existing 62- <br />709 Rule in preparation for the public <br />workshop, review, and approval <br />process. For more information visit: <br />https://floridadep.gov OrganicsRecycling. <br />Fayetteville, AR North Port, FL <br />Indian River County, FL <br />Oakland Park, FL <br />The City of <br />Fayetteville <br />requested KCI to <br />assist in providing <br />specifications and <br />procuring a replacement horizontal <br />baler for its current Recycling <br />Processing Facility (RPF). KCI will <br />also assist in phasing improvements of <br />sorting equipment at the RPF and the <br />addition of a new bale storage building. <br />KCI was selected <br />by the City of <br />North Port Solid <br />Waste District to <br />assist in determining policy changes <br />required by the city to implement <br />service and billing practices legally and <br />efficiently under the District. KCI will <br />assess current practices, and where <br />necessary, research municipal code <br />requirements, Florida regulations, <br />and conduct a comparison survey of <br />up to five comparable municipalities <br />that conduct solid waste billing to <br />identify how billing processes differ <br />among single family, multi-family, and <br />commercial customers. <br />Indian River County <br />selected KCI to assist <br />in developing the <br />procurement package <br />for the Landfill Operator <br />Contract which will begin in 2025. KCI <br />is currently working with county staff <br />to review operations and establish a <br />timeline and procedures to be used in <br />the procurement process. <br />The City of Oakland Park <br />approved a new contract <br />with KCI to provide <br />technical assistance to <br />the Solid Waste Division <br />for collection operations, disposal <br />options, and general assistance in <br />solid waste operations. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 1223AA0B-DDEC-4EBE-8FEA-427010558A5C